Database graphical user interface with calendar view
First Claim
1. Apparatus for use with a computer system having a memory and a display, the apparatus residing in the memory and generating a graphical user interface displaying information relating to a database storing a plurality of topics and responses to those topics, each response having a content, title, author, and posting date, the graphical user interface comprising:
- a calendar view having a two-dimensional grid in which a timeline is displayed along one dimension of the grid, and an index listing the plurality of topics is displayed along the other dimension of the grid, the timeline displaying a plurality of equal time units, the calendar view further having means for graphically displaying the number of responses posted to each topic during the time designated by each time unit; and
a report view adjacent to the calendar view, the report view having means for displaying indicia relating to each response posted to one of the plurality of topics.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus summarizes information in an easy and user-friendly format in a database that stores topics and responses to those topics. To that end, a graphical user interface is disclosed having a calendar view and an adjacent report view. The calendar view is a two-dimensional grid having a timeline displayed along one dimension, an index listing one or more topics along the other dimension, and indicia displaying the number of responses to each of the listed topics on the each day, week, month, or year designated in the timeline. Selection of the one or more topics displays the title, author, and date of posting of each response to the selected topic in the report view. Selection of the title of one of the responses in the report view, or the indicia in the calendar view, displays the content of the response.
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25 Claims
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1. Apparatus for use with a computer system having a memory and a display, the apparatus residing in the memory and generating a graphical user interface displaying information relating to a database storing a plurality of topics and responses to those topics, each response having a content, title, author, and posting date, the graphical user interface comprising:
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a calendar view having a two-dimensional grid in which a timeline is displayed along one dimension of the grid, and an index listing the plurality of topics is displayed along the other dimension of the grid, the timeline displaying a plurality of equal time units, the calendar view further having means for graphically displaying the number of responses posted to each topic during the time designated by each time unit; and a report view adjacent to the calendar view, the report view having means for displaying indicia relating to each response posted to one of the plurality of topics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of summarizing information stored in a database, the method being for use with a computer system having a memory and a display, and generating a graphical user interface displaying information related to a database on the display, the method comprising the steps of:
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A. accessing the database, the database containing a plurality of topics and responses posted to those topics, each response having a content, title, author, and posting date; B. displaying a two-dimensional grid on a display device, the grid having a timeline designating a plurality of equal time units along a first dimension, a list of the plurality of topics stored in the database along a second dimension, and grid indicia aligned with both one of the equal time units and one of the topics, the grid indicia indicating that a response was posted to one of the of topics at a time designated by the one of the equal time units; and C. displaying adjacent to the grid, in response to a user selecting one of the plurality of topics in the second dimension of the grid, report indicia related to each response posted to the selected topic. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for use with a graphics display device, the computer program product generating a graphical user interface on the display device for summarizing information stored in a database containing a plurality of topics and responses posted to those topics, each response having a content, title, author, and posting date, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code including:
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program code for accessing the database; program code for displaying a two-dimensional grid on a display device, the grid having a timeline designating a plurality of equal time units along a first dimension, a list of the plurality of topics stored in the database along a second dimension, and grid indicia aligned with both one of the equal time units and one of the topics, the grid indicia indicating that a response was posted to one of the of topics at a time designated by the one of the equal time units; and program code for displaying adjacent to the grid, in response to a user selecting one of the plurality of topics in the second dimension of the grid, report indicia related to each response posted to the selected topic. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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